The US Air Force paid $480 million for a second top-spec hypersonic missile prototype to gain ground “in the era of great power competition,” following reports of Russia’s successes in developing unrivaled high-speed weapons ... ....

A motorway bridge that collapsed in Genoa, Italy, on Tuesday, killed at least 22 people and the death toll will rise, Italian deputy transport minister Edoardo Rixi has said in a television interview. “It’s not acceptable that such an important bridge ... was not built to avoid this kind of collapse,” Rixi said on SkyNews24, speaking from Genoa. “The central section came down.”. Eight people are reportedly injured ... Disastro a #Genova ... ....

Top royal aides are reported to believe the royal family's handling of the Thomas Markle saga has been inept and feeble and fear it's becoming a crisis after the father of Prince Harry's wife Meghan gave a third explosive interview. Mr Markle claimed in the interview with the Mail on Sunday that while recovering in hospital from a heart attack he had been berated on the phone by Prince Harry and had hung up on the prince ...Source ... ....